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Linguist specializing in ASL and syntax. Knitter of doilies. Art editor for chestnutreview.bsky.social
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· Dec 8
Herbert Niebling - Wikipedia
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Figured I should make a thread collecting my doily posts.
These are all knit by me, mostly from designs by Herbert Niebling, a prolific designer from the early 20th century.
Check out his Wikipedia page (which I also created!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert...
#knitting #lace #doily #fiberarts
These are all knit by me, mostly from designs by Herbert Niebling, a prolific designer from the early 20th century.
Check out his Wikipedia page (which I also created!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert...
#knitting #lace #doily #fiberarts
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We are hostile to anyone being less than supportive because we understand where this two step you're doing into transphobia leads.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 AM
We are hostile to anyone being less than supportive because we understand where this two step you're doing into transphobia leads.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
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Take it from a former incident commander and coordinator of incident commanders: You cannot operate at incident tempo forever. A week, two weeks, a month at the outside. Then you need a month off. Package work up, hand it off. Let stuff lie that can. Rest, recover. It’ll be here when you’re back.
If you thought this paradigm was going to last 30-90 days and then end and now, at day 72, you’re realizing the fallout is actually an indefinitely permanent paradigm, it makes sense you went super hard at a pace that is unsustainable.
Recalibrate now before you’re hurtling into the concrete floor.
Recalibrate now before you’re hurtling into the concrete floor.
I’m seeing more and more Minneapolis/Minnesota people naming that they are burned out and I just hope people allow themselves to change their pacing from sprint to marathon or better yet, a relay.
Slow down if the alternative is you crashing out and not being able to do anything.
Slow down if the alternative is you crashing out and not being able to do anything.
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Take it from a former incident commander and coordinator of incident commanders: You cannot operate at incident tempo forever. A week, two weeks, a month at the outside. Then you need a month off. Package work up, hand it off. Let stuff lie that can. Rest, recover. It’ll be here when you’re back.
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the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
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The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app/profile/pron...
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It's not that I held them to a higher standard, it's that I held them to some semblance of the standards I'm used to everyday people abiding by with each other.
It's not that they weren't what I expected elites to be. It's that they weren't what I expected HUMANS to be.
It's not that they weren't what I expected elites to be. It's that they weren't what I expected HUMANS to be.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
It's not that I held them to a higher standard, it's that I held them to some semblance of the standards I'm used to everyday people abiding by with each other.
It's not that they weren't what I expected elites to be. It's that they weren't what I expected HUMANS to be.
It's not that they weren't what I expected elites to be. It's that they weren't what I expected HUMANS to be.
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I am so tired of the “if you aren’t depriving yourself of every luxury and eating plain rice every night you’re being Financially Irresponsible” genre
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I am so tired of the “if you aren’t depriving yourself of every luxury and eating plain rice every night you’re being Financially Irresponsible” genre
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Did you know that the Works Progress Administration employed mathematicians, physicists, and engineers? One of those projects produced the common (beloved?) reference book "Handbook of Mathematical Functions" by Abramowitz (sort of) and Stegun (primarily)! 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 🧮
Mathematician Irene Stegun was born #OTD in 1919.
A major contributor to the Works Progress Administration’s Mathematical Tables Project, she’s probably best known as co-author of the classic reference “A Handbook of Mathematical Functions” — usually referred to as “Abramowitz and Stegun.”
🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
A major contributor to the Works Progress Administration’s Mathematical Tables Project, she’s probably best known as co-author of the classic reference “A Handbook of Mathematical Functions” — usually referred to as “Abramowitz and Stegun.”
🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Did you know that the Works Progress Administration employed mathematicians, physicists, and engineers? One of those projects produced the common (beloved?) reference book "Handbook of Mathematical Functions" by Abramowitz (sort of) and Stegun (primarily)! 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 🧮
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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“…and you have found the exact measure of injustice and tyranny that will be imposed upon them.”
If those of us who believe in norms are unwilling to do what it takes to enforce them, they mean nothing.
End of story.
If those of us who believe in norms are unwilling to do what it takes to enforce them, they mean nothing.
End of story.
December 2, 2024 at 3:48 AM
“…and you have found the exact measure of injustice and tyranny that will be imposed upon them.”
If those of us who believe in norms are unwilling to do what it takes to enforce them, they mean nothing.
End of story.
If those of us who believe in norms are unwilling to do what it takes to enforce them, they mean nothing.
End of story.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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i got stuck explaining fascism to an 8-year-old who had seen the word on a protest sign.
explaining gay is trivial.
explaining gay is trivial.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
i got stuck explaining fascism to an 8-year-old who had seen the word on a protest sign.
explaining gay is trivial.
explaining gay is trivial.
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That’s what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
That’s what’s up.
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Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
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During the Regency, abolition was one of the most prevalent topics of conversation. Yet it does not show up in her books, and it rarely shows up in historical romances at all.
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 AM
During the Regency, abolition was one of the most prevalent topics of conversation. Yet it does not show up in her books, and it rarely shows up in historical romances at all.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Also many of them would be great anti AI ads, almost unchanged
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Also many of them would be great anti AI ads, almost unchanged
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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I found the Matthew Broderick one particularly chilling. Office workers gleefully celebrating their own obsolescence. Bleak shit.
I need journalists to ask Hollywood actors why they’re in pro-AI commercials.
February 9, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I found the Matthew Broderick one particularly chilling. Office workers gleefully celebrating their own obsolescence. Bleak shit.
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For no particular reason thinking about how Robert Kraft watched helplessly as Vladimir Putin walked off with his Super Bowl ring
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
For no particular reason thinking about how Robert Kraft watched helplessly as Vladimir Putin walked off with his Super Bowl ring
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵